SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Water Special Regulations
Chetco River (Curry Co.):
Mainstem including tidewater
Cooper Creek Reservoir • See Health Advisory on page 20.
Coos Bay from the tips of jetties upstream
to head of tide including: Kentuck
Slough (Creek) upstream to tide gate,
Larson Slough (Creek) upstream to
Sullivan Creek, North Slough upstream
to tide gate, Palouse Slough (Creek)
upstream to Elliott State Forest Boundary
located about 6 miles upstream from
highway, Catching Slough upstream to
Sumner Road Bridge, Isthmus Slough,
Coal Bank and Davis Sloughs upstream
to their tidegates, Shinglehouse Slough,
and Pony Slough (Creek) upstream to
Newmark Avenue in tidewater (Coos Co.)
Coos River (Coos Co.):
1. Mainstem and South Fork up to head
of tide located at Dellwood
2. South Fork from head of tide upstream
to concrete bridge located
near Tioga Creek
Coquille River (Coos Co.):
Basin including open waters in the East,
Middle, North, and South forks
1. Inland from the tips of the jetties
upstream to the South Fork
2. East Fork up to marker at lower end of
Brewster Gorge
• Open for steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
• Open for Chinook salmon upstream to Nook Creek Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
• Non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken; 1 per day, 5 per year as part of daily
or annual salmon/steelhead catch limit.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for Chinook salmon all year.
• Isthmus Slough open year-round for Chinook salmon, adipose fin-clipped coho salmon
and adipose fin-marked steelhead up to a point on the slough adjacent to Milepost 3 on
Hwy 42. Open to youth anglers (age 17 and under) and Disabled Anglers with a Oregon
Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit (see pages 6-7), from Milepost 3 on Hwy 42 to
the tidegate.
Gear Restrictions: Isthmus Slough
• Anti-snagging regulations in place upstream/up-slough from Milepost 3 on Hwy 42. See
page 11 for anti-snagging gear restrictions.
• Open for Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-April 30 and
May 25-Dec. 31, except closed for salmon upstream from Seven-Mile Bridge.
• No limits on smallmouth or largemouth bass in the Coquille River Basin.
• Open for Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-April 30 and Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed 200 feet upstream from and 200 feet downstream from falls above Milepost 21
(above Dora).
3. Middle Fork
• Open for Chinook salmon and adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-April 30 and
Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed upstream from Myrtle Creek Sept. 16-Nov. 30.
4. North Fork
• Open for Chinook salmon from confluence with South Fork upstream to the confluence
with the East Fork Jan. 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed 200 feet upstream from and 200 feet downstream of LaVerne Falls.
5. South Fork
• Open for Chinook salmon from confluence with North Fork upstream to the confluence
with the Middle Fork Jan. 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead from confluence with North Fork upstream to the
USFS Boundary near Powers Jan. 1-April 30 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed to all angling year-round from U.S. Forest Service boundary near Powers
(Milepost 4 Powers-Agness Road) upstream to Coquille River Falls (approx. 12 miles)
including tributaries.
• Closed for salmon upstream from the confluence of the South Fork and the Middle Fork
of the Coquille River.
Cow Creek (Umpqua Basin) • See Umpqua River Basin.
Diamond Lake (Douglas Co.) • Open all year.
• Trout catch limits: 8 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length, only 1 trout over 20 inches
per day. 2 daily limits in possession.
Eel Creek (below Eel Lake) (Coos Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead from Jan. 1-April 30.
Eel Lake (Coos/Douglas Co.) • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead all year.
• Rainbow trout over 20 inches are considered steelhead Jan. 1-April 30 and Nov. 1-
Dec. 31. May 1-Oct. 31 rainbow trout over 20 inches are considered trout and may be
harvested 1 per day as per SW Zone Regulations.
Elk River (Curry Co.)
• Open for trout May 25-Oct. 31, 2 per day, 8 inch minimum; and open for adipose fin-
Mainstem upstream to Bald Mountain clipped rainbow trout (half pounders), 2 per day, 8 inch minimum length, Jan. 1-March 31
Creek, including tidewater
and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Open for Chinook salmon and steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and May 25-Dec. 31.
• No more than 1 adult non-adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon per day, 10 per year, in aggregate
when combined with waters of the Sixes River and Elk River Ocean Terminal Area.
• Non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead may be taken; 1 per day, 5 per year as part of daily or
annual salmon/steelhead catch limit.
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